Billy the Ex-Bethelite

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  My sister who is still in is going to Costa Rica as a missionary

  by time2keepmoving in

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  i left the organization in 2011 and never look back.

  i left behind my sister and her two daughters by mid 2015 both her daughters (both are in their early twenties) were disfellowshipped and left the organization.

  she has decided to go to costa rica as a missionary (i guess that's what they are still calling them, unless that has changed, been gone so long i don't know if they came up with a new term for it).

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  She is going over there as a single sister in her late forties.

  Going to Costa Rica as a need-greater? She needs a better retirement plan than that!
  
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  Another Newbie

  by Drifting Away in

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  hello, i have been lurking for a while, but discovered ttatt for about 8 months now.

  i am trying to fade out, problem is i have a big family i would lose if i got df'ed or da,'ed myself.

  my wife knows how i feel, and is not thrilled but i cant hide my feelings.

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  Welcome!

  If you want to fade, take your time, do your research, and figure out what you're comfortable with. My fade took a few years, but it has been worth it. There's no need to be in a huge hurry, it's not like armageddon is coming any time soon.
  
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  Excellent Conversation At Literature Trolley

  by cofty in

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  2. experiences

  yesterday my wife and i enjoyed one of our regular days out at edinburgh - movie, lunch, walk, meal etc.. in the late afternoon while mrs cofty went shopping i had an hour at the excellent museum of scotland and arranged to meet up outside the national gallery on princes street.

  on my way back i saw the jw trolley was at the usual spot on the royal mile.

  there was an older man and a young woman standing well back trying hard to look inconspicuous.

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  That "experience" should be in the yearbook!

  John - But who says evolution is true?

  If Noah fit all the animals alive on earth in a floating box about 4000 years ago, the Bible teaches a far more radical "dogma" of massive evolutionary scale and brief timetable than anything proposed in the field of science.
  
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  Why does this crap happen to me?

  by Darkknight757 in

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  i swear i must have bad luck or just happen to be in the wrong place at the right time or maybe i'm just blowing this out of proportion.. so the other night my wife and i are packing the car to head home from vacation in the smokeys in tennessee when i get the brilliant idea to take out the garbage at 9:30 at night.

  i walk in the dark to the caged garbage can with a flashlight, put the trash away and walk back to the house.

  afterward i decide to load up the car.

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  You made it through all 3 events without crapping yourself (or dropping the case of wine, eh?). Instead, you've come away with 3 memorable life events, LOL.
  
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  New K.Hall Design, Mansfield

  by BluesBrother in

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  not mansfield u k , but mansfield in u s a - it doesn't look much, does it?

  in fact even the uber dubs on j w talk are not impressed (that must be a first!

  this thread of theirs is publicly readable:.

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  It looks like an above-ground basement.

  But he said that after they prayed together as a body and discussed it it became evident this was the direction Jehovahs spirit was leading them.

  Evidently, Bronze Age desert gods are impressed by painted concrete blocky structures and flat roofs. I wonder if the walls go up high enough to serve as a parapet as required by the Mosaic Law.
  
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  You are tomato sauce...

  by rrb2016 in

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  the wife and i went to the memorial strictly out of respect for my mother-in-law last night.

  luckily our 20 month-old grand-baby was restless and making noise, so i quickly volunteered to take him in the back.

  so i didn't have to listen to the presentation.

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  The annointed are apparently the first tomatoes, used for salads and things like that.

  Likening these guys to tomatoes is an insult to tomatoes.

  Tomatoes (also known as Love Apples) are nourishing and nutritious, delicious, and enjoyed by billions of people. The GB are none of those things. The only similarity is that most of the GB are round like tomatoes.
  

  A more appropriate illustration would be that the anointed are like the firstfarts which can bring tears to your eyes and clear out the room. The dog is usually blamed for producing these fartful whiffs of noxious gas, but these guys represent Jehovah's farts.
  
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  July 2016 W T Article Gives Reassurance to Aging Publishers

  by BluesBrother in

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  2. bible

  congregations are full of older ones who were led to expect the end when they were still young enough to work ,and stay forever young.

  now these ones face a sparse old age with little provision set aside.

  the article ""do not be afraid .

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  They give an example of an elderly couple who face difficulties but because they were such good examples to the others, a young couple in the cong.took them in and provided a home for them

  Unless this young couple happen to have an apartment over the garage for that couple, this would be an effective method to have a sexless marriage... for all of them. Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't imagine getting into a passionate lovemaking session when some elderly church people are under the same roof.
  
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  June 2016 WT (study edition) Bashing Higher Education....AGAIN!

  by ToesUp in

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  paragraph 14: .

  "this means that we need to examine our heart constantly to see if it is being enticed by worldly entertainment, associations, and styles of dress and grooming.

  or the love of the world might involve efforts to attain “great things,” such as through the pursuit of higher education.

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  Or the love of the world might involve efforts to attain “great things,” such as through the pursuit of higher education.

  So what are the "great things" that give evidence of love of the world?

  
  

  Lett: It's "worldly" to seek honorary titles or positions of prominence, like Dr., senator, president, bishop, or pope. Instead of seeking "great things" people should be modest, LIKE ME! Of all the Governing Body members, I'm the humblest of them all!
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  After Being Out for 17 Years He is Back In again!!!

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  i called a guy i haven talked with for over two years yesterday.

  i met him at bethel back in the 1970's.

  david b was known as the g job king back then.

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  I asked him why. He said "world conditions."

  

  ToMo3: World conditions are terrible because men are walking around in tight pants and women are wearing yoga pants in public!

  
  

  Losch: "Higher education" and American football are evidence that world conditions are miserable!

  
  

  Herd: The lack of minority leadership with expensive jewelry and the influence of small-brained women are both evidence of terrible world conditions!

  
  

  GeeJack: Anointed leaders of the true religion getting called to account by worldly authorities for protecting pedophiles is proof that world conditions are getting worse!

  
  

  Lett: Listening to and looking at crazy world leaders is all it takes to prove that world conditions are terrible and the only place for solutions is the Watchtower Corporation and the GB leadership!
  
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  Circuit visit elders meeting

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  first some context to this post.

  historically the elders meeting with the circuit overseer has had the following format : outline for meeting including ministerial servants then, after they have been dismissed, discussion of local issues.

  the last visit there was an additional outline for the elders only, the notorious "gender blurring" discussion.. you might wonder what is being discussed this time round, so here you are:.

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  Billy the Ex-Bethelite

  Those meetings could be so tedious. So many "special" meetings, with absolutely nothing special about them.